Start your first job knowing where the money goes.
You got the job. This module walks the money side end to end: why the check is smaller than the offer, how to read the stub, setting up your W-4 so there are no April surprises, and where the money should live.
5 guides · about 24 minutes of reading · 27 flashcards · 6-question final
In order; each guide builds on the one before it.
The money from a first real job is a big deal. Here's a simple, no-pressure playbook for it.
That confusing slip of numbers is actually a map of where your money goes before you ever see it.
The form that decides how much tax comes out of every check, and how to set it so there are no nasty surprises.
Checking, savings, and what you actually need to walk in (or sign up) with.
The people who save aren't more disciplined than you. They've built a system that runs whether they feel like it or not.
Every definition you'll meet in this module's guides, pulled straight from the glossary. Flip through before the final: if a term feels fuzzy, the guide it came from is one click back up the page.
Pass it and the Your First Paycheck badge is yours.